Nialler9 —
The best of the month in a playlist featuring Little Dragon, Todd Terje, SZA, Jamie xx, Kelis,Ratking and more. The chart: Little Dragon – ‘Paris’ Todd Terje – ‘Delorean Dynamite’ Ben Khan – ‘Savage’ Blood Orange – ‘Uncle Ace... more info
Nialler9 —
A maudlin, grandiose and occasionally, heavy-hitting third album from the Swede.For her third album (of a loose trilogy including 2008′s Youth Novels and 2011′s Wounded Rhymes), the Swedish singer Lykke Li has embraced the hurt that comes from m... more info
Stereogum — Swedish-Barbadian singer Naomi Pilgrim got her start singing backup for Lykke Li and others, but her solo career has been kicking into gear in recent months. She already released one self-titled EP in February, and another single called “House Of D... more info
Stereogum — On her new album I Never Learn, the Swedish pop singer goes grand and widescreen, filling her breakup songs up with cavernous reverb and larger-than-life sentiment. The songs are like what Nancy Sinatra might have recorded back in the day if she had ... more info
Stereogum — The first time I interviewed Lykke Li was in 2008. I flew to Stockholm to spend a week following her around for a feature story that was to be published just as her debut album, Youth Novels, was seeing release here in the States. What struck me most... more info
Nialler9 —
‘No Rest For The Wicked’ is my highlight of the Lykke Li songs from her new album of what we heard so far. A$AP Rocky has jumped on a Lana Del Rey track before so it’s not a big surprise but he’s at it again for another singer. He adds a ver... more info
Stereogum — Lykke Li’s “No Rest For The Wicked” is great as-is, without extraneous rap verses. But hey, rappers have been loving Lykke at least since Drake sampled “Little Bit” in 2009, and A$AP Rocky already has a track record with (to borrow Tom’s ... more info